Audible wristwatch assembly

Abstract

An audible wristwatch assembly for alerting a blind user of the time of day and calendar date includes a strap that is worn around a user's wrist. The strap is extended through a housing and the housing has a recess therein. An electronic clock is positioned within the housing to track the time of day and the calendar date. A speaker is coupled to the housing to emit audible sounds outwardly from the housing. An announcement button is movably coupled to the housing, and the announcement button is positioned in the recess to inhibit the announcement button from being inadvertently depressed. The speaker audibly emits the time of day and the calendar date when the announcement button is depressed to alert the user to the time of day and the calendar date.

I claim: 
     
       1. An audible wristwatch assembly being configured to announce the date and time fir a blind user, said assembly comprising:
 a strap being matable to itself to form a closed loop wherein said strap is configured to be worn around a user's wrist; 
 a housing having said strap being extended therethrough wherein said housing is configured to be retained on the user's wrist, said housing having a recess therein, said recess being elliptical, a length of a minor axis of said recess being greater than a depth of said recess; 
 an electronic clock being positioned within said housing wherein said electronic clock is configured to track the time of day and the calendar date; 
 a speaker being coupled to said housing wherein said speaker is configured to emit audible sounds outwardly from said housing; 
 an announcement button being movably coupled to said housing, said announcement button being positioned in said recess with a top surface of said announcement button being positioned adjacent, parallel to, and below a plane in which a top wall of said housing lies, wherein said announcement button is configured to be inhibited from being inadvertently depressed, said speaker audibly emitting the time of day and the calendar date when said announcement button is depressed wherein said speaker is configured to alert the user to the time of day and the calendar date; 
 said strap has a first end, a second end and a first surface extending therebetween; 
 said assembly further comprises a first mating member being coupled to said first surface, said first mating member being spaced from said first end; 
 said assembly further comprises a second mating member being coupled to said first surface, said second mating member being positioned between said first end and said first mating member, said second mating member releasably engaging said first mating member; 
 said housing having said top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending therebetween, said perimeter wall being arcuate about an axis extending through said top and bottom walls such that said housing has a rounded shape; 
 said housing having a first slot extending through said bottom wall and said perimeter wall; 
 said housing having a second slot extending through said bottom wall and said perimeter wall, said first slot being positioned on an opposite side of said housing from said second slot; and 
 said second end of said strap extending through said second slot having said second end of said strap being bounded to said strap such that said strap is coupled to said housing. 
 
     
     
       2. The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said first end of said strap is extendable through said first slot wherein said strap is configured to be wrapped around the user's wrist, said second mating member being manipulated to engage said first mating member wherein said strap is configured to be closed around the user's wrist having said bottom wall of said housing resting on the user's wrist, said top wall having said recess extending downwardly therein. 
     
     
       3. The assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit being positioned within said housing, said control circuit receiving an announcement input, said control circuit including voice synthesizing circuitry. 
     
     
       4. The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 said announcement button is electrically coupled to said control circuit, said control circuit receiving said announcement input when said announcement button is depressed; and 
 said speaker is electrically coupled to said control circuit, said speaker being turned on to emit audible sounds when said control circuit receives said announcement input wherein said speaker is configured to audibly announce the time of day and the calendar date to the user. 
 
     
     
       5. The assembly according to  claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of control buttons, each of said control buttons being movably coupled to said housing, each of said control buttons being recessed into said perimeter wall of said housing such that an exposed surface of each of said control buttons is spaced outwardly beyond said perimeter wall, each of said control buttons being electrically coupled to said control circuit, each of said control buttons controlling operational parameters of said electronic clock. 
     
     
       6. The assembly according to  claim 3 , further comprising a power supply being positioned in said housing, said power supply being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said power supply comprising at least one battery. 
     
     
       7. An audible wristwatch assembly being configured to announce the date and time for a blind user, said assembly comprising:
 a strap being matable to itself to form a closed loop wherein said strap is configured to be worn around a user's wrist, said strap having a first end, a second end and a first surface extending therebetween; 
 a first mating member being coupled to said first surface, said first mating member being spaced from said first end; 
 a second mating member being coupled to said first surface, said second mating member being positioned between said first end and said first mating member, said second mating member releasably engaging said first mating member; 
 a housing having said strap being extended therethrough wherein said housing is configured to be retained on the user's wrist, said housing having a recess therein, said recess being elliptical, a length of a minor axis of said recess being greater than a depth of said recess, said housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending therebetween, said perimeter wall being arcuate about an axis extending through said top and bottom walls such that said housing has a rounded shape, said housing having a first slot extending through said bottom wall and said perimeter wall, said housing having a second slot extending through said bottom wall and said perimeter wall, said first slot being positioned on an opposite side of said housing from said second slot, said second end of said strap extending through said second slot having said second end of said strap being bounded to said strap such that said strap is coupled to said housing, said first end of said strap being extendable through said first slot wherein said strap is configured to be wrapped around the user's wrist, said second mating member being manipulated to engage said first mating member wherein said strap is configured to be closed around the user's wrist having said bottom wall of said housing resting on the user's wrist, said top wall having said recess extending downwardly therein; 
 a control circuit being positioned within said housing, said control circuit receiving an announcement input, said control circuit including voice synthesizing circuitry; 
 an electronic clock being positioned within said housing wherein said electronic clock is configured to track the time of day and the calendar date, said electronic clock being electrically coupled to said control circuit; 
 a speaker being coupled to said housing wherein said speaker is configured to emit audible sounds outwardly from said housing, said speaker being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said speaker being turned on to emit audible sounds when said control circuit receives said announcement input wherein said speaker is configured to audibly announce the time of day and the calendar date to the user; 
 an announcement button being movably coupled to said housing, said announcement button being positioned in said recess with a top surface of said announcement button being positioned adjacent, parallel to, and below a plane in which a top wall of said housing lies, said announcement button being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said control circuit receiving said announcement input when said announcement button is depressed; 
 a plurality of control buttons, each of said control buttons being movably coupled to said housing, each of said control buttons being recessed into said perimeter wall of said housing such that an exposed surface of each of said control buttons is spaced outwardly beyond said perimeter watt, each of said control buttons being electrically coupled to said control circuit, each of said control buttons controlling operational parameters of said electronic clock; and 
 a power supply being positioned in said housing, said power supply being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said power supply comprising at least one battery.